Alfred Aguilar Explained

Birth Place:San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
Native Name:Sa Wa Pin
Native Name Lang:Tewa

Alfred Aguilar (born 1933),[1] also called Sa Wa Pin, is Tewa Pueblo-American potter, ceramicist, and painter from the San Ildefonso Pueblo tribe.[2] He is known for his coil-built pottery that is carved or painted, his buffalo figurines, and his clay nacimientos.[3] [4]

He has used the moniker Aguilar Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico as a signifier of his work.[5]

He has been a teacher's aide and classroom instructor at the San Ildefonso pueblo and operates a store on the pueblo.

Aguilar is the son of artists José Angela Aguilar and Rosalie Simbola, both potters. His brother José Vicente Aguilar was a painter as well.[6]

Collections

Aguilar's work is held in the permanent collections of the Gorman Museum of Native American Art,[7] the National Museum of the American Indian of the Smithsonian Institution,[8] the University of Dayton,[9] among others.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research). 2021-02-14. www.getty.edu.
  2. Book: King, Jeanne Snodgrass. American Indian painters; a biographical directory. 1968. New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Smithsonian Libraries.
  3. Web site: Alfred Aguilar. 2021-02-14. Adobe Gallery.
  4. Web site: Alfred Aguilar - King Galleries - Scottsdale & Santa Fe. 2021-02-14. en-US.
  5. Book: Horn, Barbara. Indian, Eskimo, Aleut Owned and Operated Arts and Crafts Businesses: Source Directory. 1985. U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board. en.
  6. Book: Schaaf, Gregory. Pueblo Indian Pottery: 750 Artist Biographies, C. 1800-present : with Value/price Guide Featuring Over 20 Years of Auction Records. 2000. CIAC Press. 978-0-9666948-1-9. en.
  7. Web site: Alfred Aguilar, San Ildefonso Pueblo Jar . Gorman Museum of Native American Art . 17 August 2021 . 26 April 2024.
  8. Web site: Buffalo Story Teller . 26 April 2024 . National Museum of the American Indian . Smithsonian Institution.
  9. The Wedding Shawl . World Nativity Traditions . January 1999 . 26 April 2024 . Aguilar . Alfred .